August 24, 2019

DRC Ebola: CMRE update, August 23

CMRE has emailed the daily update for August 23, with data for August 22. Excerpt from the Google translation:

SUBJECT: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI AT AUGUST 22, 2019.

Date: Friday, August 23, 2019

Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 2,942, of which 2,837 confirmed and 105 probable. In total, there were 1,971 deaths (1,866 confirmed and 105 probable) and 881 people healed.

• 413 suspected cases under investigation;

• 8 new confirmed cases, including 5 in North Kivu, including 2 in Kayna, 1 in Beni, 1 in Katwa and 1 in Musienene and 3 in Ituri, including 2 in Mandima and 1 in Komanda;

• 6 new deaths from confirmed cases in North Kivu;

º 2 community deaths in Ituri in Mandima;

º 3 deaths in the CTE, including North Kivu, including 1 in Mabalako, 1 in Beni, 1 in Butembo;

º 1 TB death in North Kivu, Katwa;

• 1 person cured out of CTE in North Kivu in Beni;

• No health worker is among the new confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 155 (5% of all confirmed / probable cases), including 41 deaths.

/!\ The data presented in this table are subject to change after extensive investigation and after redistribution of cases and deaths in their respective health areas.

VACCINATION

• Since vaccination began on August 8, 2018, 202,969 people have been vaccinated;

• The only vaccine to be used in this outbreak is the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, manufactured by the pharmaceutical group Merck, following approval by the Ethics Committee in its decision of 20 May 2018.

MONITORING AT ENTRY POINTS

• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of travelers checked (temperature rise) at sanitary control points 87,668,409;

• To date, a total of 98 entry points (PoE) and sanitary control points (PoCs) have been set up in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri to protect the country's major cities and prevent the spread of the epidemic in neighboring countries.

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CMRE has emailed the daily update for August 23, with data for August 22. Excerpt from the Google translation:

SUBJECT: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI AT AUGUST 22, 2019.

Date: Friday, August 23, 2019

Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 2,942, of which 2,837 confirmed and 105 probable. In total, there were 1,971 deaths (1,866 confirmed and 105 probable) and 881 people healed.

• 413 suspected cases under investigation;

• 8 new confirmed cases, including 5 in North Kivu, including 2 in Kayna, 1 in Beni, 1 in Katwa and 1 in Musienene and 3 in Ituri, including 2 in Mandima and 1 in Komanda;

• 6 new deaths from confirmed cases in North Kivu;

º 2 community deaths in Ituri in Mandima;

º 3 deaths in the CTE, including North Kivu, including 1 in Mabalako, 1 in Beni, 1 in Butembo;

º 1 TB death in North Kivu, Katwa;

• 1 person cured out of CTE in North Kivu in Beni;

• No health worker is among the new confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 155 (5% of all confirmed / probable cases), including 41 deaths.

/!\ The data presented in this table are subject to change after extensive investigation and after redistribution of cases and deaths in their respective health areas.

VACCINATION

• Since vaccination began on August 8, 2018, 202,969 people have been vaccinated;

• The only vaccine to be used in this outbreak is the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, manufactured by the pharmaceutical group Merck, following approval by the Ethics Committee in its decision of 20 May 2018.

MONITORING AT ENTRY POINTS

• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of travelers checked (temperature rise) at sanitary control points 87,668,409;

• To date, a total of 98 entry points (PoE) and sanitary control points (PoCs) have been set up in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri to protect the country's major cities and prevent the spread of the epidemic in neighboring countries.